Palmyra Snarskis

Palmyra Snarskis January 13,1935 - October 28,2026. 

Palmyra Snarskis (Tamosiunas) , age 91 , passed away peacefully at Roma Home Care in Homer Glen, IL.

Palmyra was born to her parents, Jonas Tamosiunas and Elena Zonaite (Tamosiuniene), in Panevezys, Lithuania.

During the war, her family fled their country and they emigrated to Mittenwald, Germany where she spent most of her formative years.

In 1951 her family immigrated to the United States and settled in Chicago. She met her (now deceased) husband Alfonsas Snarskis and married on June 18,1955. They were blessed with two daughters: Loretta Augaitis and Sylvia (Michael) Egan and was a loving grandmother to Aleksandra Augaitis Mengyan, Renata Augaitis (deceased), Jonathan ,Alexander,and Nicholas Egan ; and great grandchildren Julian, Lukas, Lilliana, and Tristan Mengyan.

She will be remembered with great love and respect and will be cherished always by the family and friends whose lives she touched.

Family and friends will gather for a brief memorial visitation on Monday, November 9, 2026 from 10:00am-10:30am at Saint Francis of Assisi Church , 15050 S Wolf Rd, Orland Park. Memorial mass to follow at 10:30am.

There will be a private committal ceremony at Saint Casimir Lithuanian Catholic Cemetery in the near future.

In lieu of flowers, please consider donations to St. Francis of Assisi Helping Hands Ministry or Sunlight Children's Aid .